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A man awaiting trial on P-related charges remained at large today after fleeing a courtroom when a judge refused him bail yesterday.
Richard Oswald Bell, 41, was believed to have been sitting in the public gallery at the High Court at Auckland.
When he heard the judge's decision, he ran out of the courtroom and was still at large this morning.
Bell, who is of medium build and about 188cm tall, is facing numerous drugs and firearms charges.
- NZPA